A featherweight clash pitting Nathaniel
Wood against Morgan
Charriere was one of four bouts announced for UFC
London on Tuesday.
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The Las Vegas-based promotion also confirmed the following three
fights for the event: Nathan
Fletcher vs. Caolan
Loughran at bantamweight; Lone’er
Kavanagh vs. Felipe
dos Santos at flyweight and Jai Herbert
vs. Chris
Padilla at lightweight.
UFC London takes place at the O2 Arena on March 22 and is expected
to be headlined by a welterweight scrap between ex-champ Leon
Edwards and Jack
Della Maddalena.
A former
Cage Warriors Fighting Championship champion, Wood has been
victorious in four of his last five Octagon appearances. Most
recently, “The Prospect” took a unanimous decision over Daniel
Pineda at UFC 304 this past July.
Also an ex-Cage Warriors title holder, Charriere is 2-1 thus far in
UFC competition. In his last outing, “The Last Pirate” scored a
second-round knockout against Gabriel
Miranda at UFC Paris on Sept. 28.